Toilet stand



July 19, 1932. w LOHMANN 1,867,747

TOILET STAND Original Filed Oct. 10. 1929 INVENTOR Willi Eofmuvww wdfiydfl My ATTORNEY 7 Patented. July 19, 1932 UNITED STATES TOILET srAN n Q Application filed October 10 1929, Serial No. 398,799. Renewed December 12; 1931.

preventing accidentalcontact with foreign bodies. p v An object of the present invention is to provide a stand having individual retaining 10 means-for toothbrushes which will enclose "the tooth-brushes inasanitary protector and which will permit a current of water or other fluid to be passed over the brushes and drained therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide a'hood adapted to surround portions of a tooth-brush to prevent it from coming in I contact with foreign objects and which will permit the brush toube readilyremovedand replaced in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stand having a support for one or more brushes and other toilet articles, and an enclosure surrounding the upper portion of a tooth-brush through which water (or other fluid may be caused toflow over the brush and to drain from the brush and from the support. A still further object of the invention is to provide individual funnel members resting upon the support and disposed directly below the enclosure within which a tooth-brush may be positioned, so that'whena fluid is admitted to the enclosure it will drain through the funnel member. v a p 3 With these and'other objects in View. my invention includes the following features of construction and operation which will be more clearly understood as the specificationproceeds.

In the drawing annexed hereto and forming a part of this specification, I have shown several embodiments of the invention which are now deemed preferable, but it will be understood that the invention, can be otherwise embodied without departing from the spirit of the invention, the claims-appended hereto more clearly defining and limiting the invention. 1

In the drawing- Y 7 0 Fig. 1 is a complete view in elevation of a .th st diil 1 a u .1 Ti i enlmrie Qt table orm .standw a Qlteferringmore in (detail to the figures of Q rawing, andlfirstto g Figs. ;1, 2] and I rrwide St -wh ting? c i m 1 mi hi seamen-r QM. e i m r up t ,11 h' .lower ones being used for miscellaneous toilet articles, and the upperlplatform or sup pgrt 11 being used for supporting asshownat 12 tooth.-brushes. S, on1 e or all of these platie msm a en cr j 1 1. may be] p d d with depressions 13 connected conduits let to a rip i 15 ex ndin ett sa rth column- 10,so fthat water' or other fluid may ,drain fromthe platforms llinto the conduits 141 pipe .15, within the column} .10. from which it may be withdrawnby any ap ,propriate means notgshown. 1 V

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provided with.branches lti, onebeing proa ded 7. each -I 9th:br holder L 1 I .many being utilized as may be found conjveni liI'Qr. desirable. Eachofthese'branches 8 :16 is provided-with a hood portion 17 i preferably mounted flexibly. relative to the branch 1630f the column .10, so thatiit may. be tilted in; direction, but which is adaptedjlto remain fl normally in horizontal position. a This'hood portion 17"l1as a dependinggor aprongportion- 18 directly attached thereto which may be made ofglass, celluloid or other material. Surrounding the lower portion of the apron portion 18 and tapering inwardlyt, to the depression 13 within the platform or support 11 is a funnel shape enclosure 19 completely enclosing-the tooth-brush 12 and preventing it from coming in accid-ental'contact with foreign objects. The lower end of the funnel member 19 merely rests within the depression 13 so that by lifting it slightly it may be removed and the tooth-brush 12 taken from the apron member 18.

Water or other fluid may pass throughthe branch 16 from a supply pipe 20 within the column and through the hood member 17 so that it will fall upon the tooth-brush 12 thus completely cleansing it in a perfect manner and preventing it from thereafter coming in contact with foreign objects. This fluid will be withdrawn from the lower end of the funnel member 19 through the passages and conduits 14 and 15 in the support 11 and column 10. A valve 21 positioned at the upper end of the column and'previousto the point of separation of the branches 16 therefrom permits the fluid supply. to be controlled as desired. w .i Onthe support 11 may also be provided special'recesses or accommodations for toilet articles such as shown at22-.i

- In Fig. 4 is shown a modification of the V invention adapted to be'mounte'd on a table or othersupport above the floor. In this form ofthe invention the support or platform 23 forms the base of the stand from'which the column 24 is supported. This column 24 .may be similar to that shown'in Fig. liex- 25 cept that the water connection may be omitted. As the remaining parts of this form of stand are similar in every way to those previously described in connection with Fig. '1 further description is not thought to be neces- SOsary. V

I claim:

1. A toilet stand'comprising in combination, a support for a tooth-brush, a hood for enclosing the upper end of the tooth-brush,

and a funnel member resting on saidsupport and enclosing the lower portion of said hood, whereby said tooth-brush will be completelyenclosed and easily removed upon removal of the funnel member. x

40 p 2. A toilet stand comprising in combination, a column; a support; a plurality of "branches to said column above said support, fluid supply conduits through said vcolumn 'andbranches, a valve controlling the supply Z of fluid to'said branches, ahofod member on -each of said branchesc'ommunicatin with the'conduit'therein and adapted to :in ividually cover and"pa'rtially enclose a toothbrush, and means to drain fluid supplied to 0 said hood members throughsaid support and column. I V

' WILLI LOHMANN. 

